Lot 16

Grover Cleveland, Document Signed as President

Cleveland, Stephen Grover (1837-1908). Twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States (1885-1889, 1893-1897). DS as President, 1p, Washington, DC. January 25, 1886. The document is an official appointment of Charles Henry Davis to the rank of Commander in the Navy, signed by President Cleveland and Secretary of the Navy William Collins Whitney. Affixed with the seal of the Department of the Navy, which still retains its raised lettering and deep blue coloring. Framed, 21" x 25" overall.

Nimitz, Fleet Admiral Chester William (1885-1966). Five star admiral in the U.S. Navy, and Commander-in-Chief of all Pacific Ocean operations during WWII. A 1937 issue U.S. two cent stamp commemorating the Saratoga, signed C.W. Nimitz/Fleet Admiral USN in black ink, PLUS a 4" x 5" photograph signe...
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Toombs, Robert (1810-1885). A U.S. Representative and Senator representing Georgia (1844-1861), Toombs originally lobbied against secession, but eventually became one its most vocal proponents and was appointed the first C.S.A. Secretary of State (1861). Finding this position to be powerless witho...
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McKinley, William, Jr. (1843-1901). Twenty-fifth President of the United States (1897-1901). DS as President, 1p, Washington, DC. May 25, 1899. An official appointment of Serburne G, Hopkins to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Battalion of the Militia of the District of Columbia, si...
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2pp, 6.25 x 7.75 in. visible (framed and matted), on letterhead of the Office of the National Estate, Department of Paris, with Liberte, Egalite and Marianne between the two. No date other than "l'an troisieme de la Republique Francoise," the third year of the French Republic, ca 1794....
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Lot of 3, including: an indenture dated May 9, 1785, Between Isaac Warner of Blockley Township in the County of Philadelphia, Yeoman, and Lydia his Wife Of the one Part And the Honorable John Penn Junior Esquire of the Other Part, transferring land along the North Schuykill River to Penn for the sum...
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Carter, James Earl, Jr. (1924-). Thirty-ninth President of the United States (1977-1981). President Carter's early autobiography, first published in 1975 prior to his presidential campaign, this edition in 1977 after his election and with the Seal of the President of the United States on the cover...
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Lot of 4. Kitchin, Thomas. A Map of the Colony of Rhode Island: with the adjacent parts of Connecticut, Massachusets Bay. From London Magazine 1778; printed for R. Baldwin at the Rose, Pater Noster Row; 8 x 10 in.; hand-colored. Two fold lines; good condition. A New and Correct Plan of the Town of B...
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Nixon, Richard Milhous(1913-1994) and "Pat" (1912-1993). 37th President of the United States and First Lady (1969-74). An 8" x 10" of the Nixon family, inked in the lower margin To Marie Andrews, with our best wishes, Pat Nixon (all in Pat's hand), and signed Richard Nixon in blue marker.
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Lot of 6, including: Nixon, Richard Milhous (1913-1994). 37th President of the United States (1969-74). A 1.5" x 4" clipping, signed Eugene Ronan Family, best wishes, from Richard Nixon. Ford, Gerald (1913-2006). 38th President of the United States (1974-1977). A 3" x 5" note card signed Gerald ...
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Lot of 2. A Map of that part of America which was the Principal Seat of War in 1756. From Gentleman’s Magazine. This map of northern New England, much of New York and part of Canada was designed to familiarize the magazine’s readers with the area of battles during the French and Indian War. Numerous...
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